Posted on 06/12/2016 8:55:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Christopher Johnson was arrested on July 29, 2015, on the suspicion that he was driving while intoxicated, the lawsuit filed Wednesday states. When he was posing for his mugshot, he was allegedly choked by two Harris County employees while being booked into the county jail because he was smiling for the photo. The lawsuit does not specify who the two employees were or what their jobs were.
“It was a willful violation of his civil rights and civil liberties, he should have the right to smile,” Andre Evans, Johnson’s attorney, told ABC News Friday. Evans hopes to “send a message that as attorneys we hear that the rumors about what takes place in the jail and type of treatment that they receive from the jail officers, and we are sending a message that that is not allowed.”
He added: “We do hope for some reform in the jail policies and procedures, and more clarity.”
While posing for what he says were approximately ten photographs, Johnson claims he was choked by the two Harris County employees for approximately 30 seconds, the lawsuit states. “This is how I always take my pictures,” Johnson said to the booking officer, according to the lawsuit.
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Bet that took the smile off his mug real fast. Drunk drivers need to be sentenced 30 years on first offense. They NEVER become non-drunk drivers.
I believe this 100%
Where is the evidence of any choking? I thought so.
I have often wondered how the police get very uncooperative suspects to participate in the picture taking process.
I figured there had to be a way.
Sure. Right. Bullsh**.
Get real.
Awesome.
He is just holding his head up!
You are a fascist bastard who has no place on a forum dedicated to freedom. You even condoned the seizing of property of innocent people. I cannot wait to hear about how you get effed up by cops. Karma does happen.
No cops involved here. Blame the court bureaucrats.
He should have the right to smile after a criminal act, and they should have the right to choke him. Everyone wins.
What a boneheaded post
So, you are a fascist bastard and proud of it.
Hope you die.
“So, you are a fascist bastard and proud of it.
Hope you die.”
Die a natural death or be killed by anti-fascists?
I’m open to all the wonderful possibilities.
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